One track record was broken on sophomore Fair Sire Stakes day Sunday (July 17) at the Dayton (PA) two-day Sires event, but the record book just missed quite an onslaught — three marks, including the all-age track record for both the trot and the pace, survived by a single fifth of a second, and two were missed by two ticks.
Category: Fair News
Freshman trotters set new records at Dayton (PA); Shawn Johnston scores five in the sulky
Two-year-old trotters continue to put on a speed show on the Pennsylvania fair circuit in 2016, with the track standards at the oval in this west-central Pennsylvania borough rewritten for both sexes during Fair Sire Stakes action for freshmen on Saturday (July 16.)
Roland N Rock sets track record at Keokuk County Fair
Sunday (July 10) saw the conclusion of three days of harness racing at the Keokuk County Fair in What Cheer, Iowa.
Information for online entries for Warren County Fair
Online entries for the Warren County (Ohio) Fair can be found under pari-mutuel tracks — Lebanon Raceway.
Track record lowered at Madison County Fair
The pacing track record at the Madison County Fair was last broken in 2000 when Heavenly Sahbra paced a mile in 1:57.2. Since 2000, two others have tied that mark, but that record fell on the second day of racing when Bourbon St Hanover finished his mile in a blistering 1:57.1 for driver Jeff Lieberman.
Huston highlights racing meet at Clinton County Fair
The Ohio Colt Racing Association had the great pleasure of the legendary Roger Huston calling the first card of the two days of stakes races in Wilmington, Ohio, to start this week off at the Clinton County Fair.
Star Of Terror paces Gratz in 1:57.1
The Pennsylvania harness fair season traveled eastward for the first time in 2016, making its third stop of the season at this central Pennsylvania community for a Fair Sire Stakes two-day event. Over the last few years, Gratz and Bloomsburg have by general consensus consistently rated as among the fastest tracks on the Keystone State twicearound circuit, and the oval kept its reputation intact during racing on Saturday (2-year-olds) and Sunday (3-year-olds).
Indiana fair racing at Kendallville
The Noble County Community Fair at Kendallville played host to Indiana Fair Circuit harness racing on Saturday (July 9). Fifteen races were contested on the midday program.
Huston returns to where his storied career began
It was 1960, in May of that year to be exact, when a young man from Xenia, Ohio, was fetched by his uncle to fulfill some unspecified task at the Clinton County Fairgrounds in Wilmington. Although the moment seemed innocuous, it actually was laden with significance as it was the very first time the voice of the most storied announcer in the history of harness racing would emanate over a public address system.
Michigan fairs colt and filly action gets underway
The 2016 Michigan fairs colt and filly stakes action got underway on Friday (July 8) at the Eaton County 4-H Fair at Charlotte. Eight races were contested on the mid-day program under sunny skies.